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THE RETURN TO NATURE; HISTORIES OF MODERN POETRY: 1. PROMETHEUS by ALICE MEYNELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT WAS THE SOUTH: MID-EVERYTHING
Last Line: PROMETHEUS THE FORGIVEN.
Subject(s): PROMETHEUS;

IT was the south: mid-everything,
Mid-land, midsummer, noon;
And deep within a limpid spring
The mirrored sun of June.

Splendour in freshness! Ah, who stole
This sun, this fire, from heaven?
He holds it shining in his soul,
Prometheus the forgiven.



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